If you are really there, God, why on earth don't you prove it? (part 2)

In terms of proving the existence of God, we start with the origins of the universe. We know that we exist (if you don't then that is another argument) and so the question is, why do we exist? Why is there something rather than nothing?

There are basically 4 possibilities to explain the reality of our existence. First, everthing is an illusion. We are not real. Second, everything is self-created. Left up to chance, the universe formed. Third, the universe is self-existent. It has always been. Or fourth, the universe has been created by something that is self-existent. Something eternal, uncreated, and outside of time and space formed our world. Each of these possibilites are indepent of one another. In other words, if one is true, then the others are false.

As I mentioned earlier, we know we exist, or rather, I'm going to go ahead and make that assumption to make this post a little shorter. So, this basically means that either the universe is self-existent, self-created, or it has been created. Let's take a quick look at the idea that the universe is self-created. By looking at the both the law of causality and the law of non-contradiction, the idea of self-creation is not logical. The law of causality states that for every effect there must be a cause which means that for the universe to be self-created, it would have to exist before it existed. But it cannot exist before it existed because that breaks the law of non-contradiction. The universe cannot "be" and "not be" at the same time. So, logically speaking the universe could not have been self-created. Granted, there is more that could be said and if questions ensue, I will definately be willing to answer.

So now, what about the idea that the universe is self-existent? This basically means that the universe has always been. Or at least there must have been eternal matter in which it one day exploded or something of the like and the earth was formed. This is basically the "Big Bang" theory. The question that must be asked is was the Big Bang possible without an outside force? What caused it? How was matter acted upon in order to move? It comes back to the law of cause and effect. And, the law of inertia also comes into play. The law of intertia claims that a thing in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force and that things at rest will remain at rest until acted upon by an outside force. This brings us again to what started the Big Bang?

Now I know this most likely has raised more questions, but this is good. So, what are your thoughts?

For the final possible reason why the universe exists, I will start a new post!